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Toddler receives world's smallest artificial heart
Friday May 25, 2012 08:36:49 PM,
IANS
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London: Italian
doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy after they
implanted the world's smallest artificial heart in him, Daily Mail
reported Friday.
The device, which only weighed 11 gm, kept the toddler alive until
a donor organ was found. The boy had the operation at Rome's
Bambino Gesu hospital last month and had the implant for 13 days
before he had a transplant.
The baby was suffering from a disease that gradually makes the
heart weaker, stopping its ability to pump blood effectively.
"This is a milestone," said surgeon Antonio Amodeo.
Doctors said the device, invented by US doctor Robert Jarvik, had
been previously tested only on animals. The hospital needed
special permission from Jarvik and the Italian health ministry
before going ahead with the procedure.
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